Fire consumes van in Virgin River Gorge

VIRGIN RIVER GORGE — A Los Angeles man was able to vacate his vehicle unharmed after his 1993 Toyota minivan caught fire on Interstate 15 at Arizona milepost 23, just north of the Cedar Pocket interchangeMonday afternoon.

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Videocast by Lennie Bintliff, St. George News

The minivan was traveling southbound at about 3 p.m. MDT when the driver and single occupant of the vehicle noticed smoke in the cab of vehicle, pulled over, Littlefield Fire District Chief Jeff Hunt said.

St. George Fire Department was the first to respond, coming from its Station 8 near I-15 Utah Exit 2. The department has an automatic response agreement with the Beaver Dam-Littlefield Fire District to help with incidents north of Cedar Pocket, Hunt said.

“We really appreciate them coming down to help as we had to go north and turn around to get to the fire,” he said.

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